U.S. and Japanese search and rescue teams found remains of five U.S. Air Force crew members and aircraft debris, the Air Force said in a statement Monday after the aircraft crashed on Nov. 29.
U.S. and Japanese search and rescue teams found remains of five U.S. Air Force crew members and aircraft debris, the Air Force said in a statement Monday after the aircraft crashed on Nov. 29.
The Japanese coast guard found remains of one crew member within hours of what U.S. officials said was an emergency water landing, whom Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) later identified as 24-year-old Staff Sgt. Jacob “Jake” M. Galliher, the command said in a statement. The Air Force CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft went down with eight on board during a routine training exercise, with the Japanese recovery efforts initially pulling gray-colored debris from the water thought to be from the aircraft initially.
Ships and dive teams drew up the Osprey’s main fuselage from the waters near Yakushima, Japan, in Monday’s “breakthrough,” AFSOC said.
